Memorial Day Part 2

Enjoying the ATVs, check out Fitch riding with Charlie...he loves the wind in his hair (Fur!)
Not very often that I am on the other end of the camera! Thats the great thing about having another Photographer along! Sam & Me enjoying the sun

Memorial Day Weekend

We made the trip to the Outerbanks for Memorial Day...there was Charlie, me & Fitch, the Sasses, and the Schlosser's we had a great weekend, some of us got a little toasty (Sunburned)we took lots of photos, we caught the sunset from the top of Pennys Hill, and ate lots of good food and of course we rode the ATV's and took tons of photos. The tree Stumps that Sydney, Chris and Sam are posing on are almost never exposed, but we had several really bad storms this spring which caused quite alot of beach erosion if the weather stays good this summer they will probably be covered again by the end of the summer season.

Retirement Ceremony

About a month or so ago I was asked to be the photographer for a Retirement Ceremony for a good friend of ours, it was held aboard the U.S.S. Wisconsin, which took place yesterday, it was wonderful and very inspiring and made me feel extremely proud to be living in my adopted country, I really enjoyed it, the weather was beautiful and we ended up with 703 excellent photos, which obviously I cannot post here, so here are a few of my favourites. A wonderful day doing what I enjoy the most, taking photos of the great events in people's lives

I've Been Tagged!

Thanks Hayley!
The Rules:
1. Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People that are tagged write a blog post about their own 8 random things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your post tag 8 people and include their names. Don't forget to leave them a comment on their blog to tell them they've been tagged, and to comment back and read your blog for the whole story.

My 8 Random Facts
1. I love walking on the beach anytime of year.
2. I'm one half Jewish
3. Born in the East End of London (a long, long time ago!)
4. I love reading a good historical novel.
5. I would love to go on a photo safrai to Africa
6. My favourite desseret is anything with fresh strawberries and blueberrys, yum!
7. and of course I love taking photos of people & places
8. last but not least I love the life I'm in.
Okay I tag, Liz, Kandice, Nicole, Jenny, Sarah & Linda Butler whoever else wants to tag along

This & That Saturday

On Saturday we decided to plant a garden, I had wanted to do container gardening and had picked up some tomatoes etc to grow in pots, but it ended up being a full blown garden! Clarence came over and tilled up a section for us and we spent the remainder of the day raking, fertilizing and planting. Chris and Kandice came by with Isabella, they wanted some pavers for their garden and I got some time in to play with my new camera.

Chris's pavers and our overgrown Honeysuckle

Eastern Shore

Yesterday, Charlie & I took the day off and visited the Eastern Shore, we do this not nearly often enough, it gives us time together without the pressures of everyday living, it was a wonderful day the weather was about as perfect as it gets and we drove all the way down to Chincoteague Island where we spent about an hour refreshing our bodies and spirit on the beach, the great thing about going down on a weekday and out of season is that we had the place almost to ourselves...it was great! We hiked a couple of the trails at the state park, one was to the lighthouse, the rest I think you can figure out from the photos. we had a dinner/lunch combination on the waterfront, Charlie had oysters and I opted for the fish & chips. Wonderful day! Sadly the thing about going in the off season was that my favourite shopping places were closed like the "Purple Pony" and the antique stores, oh well a good excuse to take another day off.

All Of our Yesterday's

I decided to start a new blog today the link is under family to the right, "All of Our yesterday's" and I will be posting old photos as time permits this is something that I have wanted to do for a long time but was always at the bottom of the list and to today I decided enough "Just do it!" It seems like such a good way to share photos with family. So I will be adding more, so check back often and please fill free to leave your comments.

Tommy Steele

Sorry the video disappeared from the first post so trying again

Tommy Steele

Reading Nicoles post about old boyfriends got me to thinking about my old "Boyfriends" the ones whose posters adorned my bedroom walls so I went searching and found this...he was one of my favourites,and his picture(s) graced my bedroom walls for several years way back when.

He is not looking too bad for 70!

Botanical Gardens

Its Spring & I just had to go to Botanical Gardens and take photos of the roses. My friend Grace came along with me and we had a great time exploring the gardens, I think the roses & the Japanise garden was my favourite. To see all of my pictures click on the "Moms Photos"link to the right. After the gardens we met Grace's daughter, Sydney for lunch at the local Sushi Bar, what a great way to end a perfect day.